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Tough stuff here.
My mom waited tables and worked as a carhop for a number of years after she and my dad divorced. She was very attentive and did reasonably well -- so I have always been a pretty good tipper.
However, in the past few years, service has started going down the old crapper. Parts of dinner aren't delivered -- you wait forever for your check -- you have set off fireworks to get drinks refilled -- and, sometimes, wait staff is downright surley.
Here's my present rule, even given the above paragraph. I start out at 15%, and then round up to the next dollar (or $5 if it's a big dinner/check) That way, the tip is never less than 15% and sometimes 20% plus.
We recently moved into a country club community and the tip (18%, I think) is automatically added to each meal at the clubhouse. I generally leave an extra buck or two because I think the service is generally pretty decent.
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